Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-01
9ailg ressss aa::ssi 9asptaiaa
THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
Oiiicial Changes which Come
With the New Fiscal
Year.
Jake Sharp in 4 Bad Way--.Utah's
Statehood Efforts---Pardon by
the President.

f@H .Sa0tVfVV0 Asl0Gto-AsH ATQVH ny
the President,
The Fublfc service.
Washington. June .30-Inoldent to the
incoming 81 tho new fiscal gear q mum.
her changes in the public service will
OCCUR so.morrw in the consular service
Of the government. The present scheme
OF compromising consnls by fees will,
nnder the terms OF the appropriation
bill, be supplemented to q large extent
by . system Of graded salaries.
Twenty clerks in the treasury depart.
ment have been dismissed to take effect
Tomorrow, because OF the failure of con-
Rress to make provisions for the j.
ment Of their salaries.
A number OK minor changes, such as
increases and reductions in salaries Of
certain officers, will take effect so-mor-
row,a az does also the executive order
consolidating internal revenue districts
and reducing the number OF collectors
and other employees.
The judicial branch OF the government
is increased by two judges. A twenty
per cent reduction in the salaries OF as-
sistant district attorneys goes into effect
tomorrow.
The new appropriations will cause
twenty-four changes in the agricultural
department; twelve new appointments
will be made and about twelve persons
serving under temporary appointments
will be transferred to the permanent
rolls.
The appropriation for the government
printing Office is about $3.50, 900 less than
for the past fiscal year, but Public Printer
Benedict says very few employees will
be disturbed.
Forty employees OF the government
printing Office, principally la the bind
ing and folding departments were dis
charged to-day.
fake sharp,
New York, june 30-Shsrp moaned
and tossed about restlessly all night.
Every p%recantion was taken 80 as to
doubly secure the safety OF tho prisoner.
One keeper remained in the Office all
night and two in the corridor OF the Jail
while the warden occupied an adjoining
room 70 Sharp with the door wide open.
Up to noon Sharp had no visitors, and
up to that time scarcely spoke q dozsn
words. The warden says he does not
eat enough TO keep o butterfly alive, ex-
cept the milk he drinks.
Montreal June SO-The Doodle alder
men feel very much disconnected over
Sharpe conviction. They refuse to see
Seporters, bat their friends cay they feel
badly, as they consider their stay indsa-
nitely prolonged here.
Utah Statehood WORK.,
Salt Lake, Utah, June 39-The Utah
constitutional convention met to-day.
Joha q. Caine, congregational delegate,
was chosen president. He made q
speech outlining the work TO be
done in the matter Of q petition for state-
hood. The constitution must be broad
and liberal, not sectional. To secure
the rights OF the minority the previous
obstacles to the admission of Utah
must be met frankly and with 9 view to
meet the charge that Utah is NOT
ia harmony with the rest OF the nation,
after which the organization Adjourned
until tomorrow.
Observation-Disclosures are to be made BY
conservative Mormons to gam the CO.
operation OF all GLASSES and parties in
the proceedings.
Chicago, June 80-Another dispatch
from Salt Lake says that none but Nor
mons ARE taking part in tho constitu-
tional convention. The gentiles gener.
ely are opposed.
against MurOn, or Course,
Pierre, June 30-The Hughes county
bar will call q mesting tomorrow 10
pass resolutions denounoing the. course
pursued by Huron and Watertown
papers against Judge Spencer. The
people OF Pierre will give the Judge
their sympathy and support, and the
action OF theee papers is roundly de
nounced. Members OF the bar OF SulIy
Potter and Walworth counties will In.
dorse the measures taken by Hughes
county,
A Tot for Cleveland.
Washington June 30-The presidenI
has acted upon the application for. par
don OF q number: Of convicted criminals
The most important case is that OF Thos
Ballard, the notorious counterfeiter, VIII,
was sentenced January /. 1875. to thirty
years imprisonment in tho Albany peni-
tentary. The president granted him {
pardon. In indorsing the application
he says the prisoner was supposed to b,
mi Of the most experienced counter
feitsrs in the country. He ha.
been in prison equal to NOR,
than fifteen years, allowing de-
duction for good behavior. He haI
grown to be an old man, broken dow,
physically and Mentally. His oonduc
has been such as TO oause much inseres